Malayan Islands and New Holland.

'Malayan Islands and New Holland'. A version of this volume published posthumously under the direction of Pennant's son David, as part of the 'Outlines of the Globe, Vol. IV: The View of The Malayan Isles, New Holland, and the Spicy Islands' (London, 1800).

Elaborate title-page, dated 'December 1st 1792', covers P/16/18 and P/16/19. Depicts a mountainous island landscape with a bird of paradise, a palm tree, and a dead specimen of another bird in the foreground.

Itinerary begins at Sumatra before moving roughly eastwards through modern Indonesia, then covers the 'Manilla Islands' [i.e. the Philippines] before ending with a circumnavigation of the coasts of 'New Holland' [i.e. Australia].

Some input from Joan Gieon Loten (1710–1789), see p. 45. Frequent references to Joseph Banks and James Cook, e.g. p. 48. Includes reports on Port Jackson [i.e. Sydney] in Australia based on the accounts of Arthur Phillip (1738–1814), first governor of New South Wales, from p. 142.

Full itinerary and general index in rear of volume.

Record Details

Item reference: P/16/18
Catalogue Section: Manuscript volumes acquired singly by the Museum
Level: ITEM
Extent: 1 volume
Date made: 1773; 1773-1792 1787-01-01 - 1792-12-31 1787-1792 1790 1791 1792
Creator: Pennant, Thomas; Cloveley, R
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London